Beyond the Lights is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed and written by
Gina Prince-Bythewood. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Nate
Parker, Danny Glover, and rapper Machine Gun Kelly. The film premiered at the
2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014 and was released
theatrically in the United States on November 14, 2014. In 2015, the song
"Grateful", written by Diane Warren for the film, was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Original Song.

Plot
Noni Jean is a hot new artist who has just won a Billboard Music Award without
releasing an album and is primed for super-stardom, but the pressures of success
compel her to nearly end her life. She is saved by a young police officer, Kaz
Nicol, who has political ambitions. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast
and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their
career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz''s love that
gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist
she was meant to be.